Places lepainperdu Wants to Go

This futuristic public park includes large sculptures and an artificial geyser.

This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.

This izakaya restaurant was designed to look like the Biblical vessel.

This love letter to Poland serves bracing dill pickle soup and plump pierogis.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

A former Tibetan monk made a name for himself selling some of the best beef momos in New York.

Feast on some of the finest momos in all of Queens.

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

The oldest private residence in New York City.

Nine nice parcels of land along a flight path offer a quiet respite... until a plane soars overhead.

Someone really, really wanted to save this fast-food icon from demolition.

A striking geological formation in Southern California.

Drive up a paved road into "Nevada's Yosemite" for exquisite views and mountain hiking in an alpine setting.

The taxidermied body of a bear that was a casualty of a drug trafficker’s bizarre death.

The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.

Little is left of this formerly bustling railroad junction on the Transcontinental Railroad.

A granite monument honors a beloved World War II canine mascot.

One of the oldest surviving bars in the United States, located at the site of the last skirmish of the American Revolution.

In the heart of the Pine Barrens, entire forests of pitch pines that usually grow 20–90 feet tall only reach six feet in height.

Ride a boat through this magnificent underground world, which now doubles as a theater.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

Founded in 1873 to support the needs of the gold mines flourishing nearby, this is the last water-powered foundry in the United States.

Visit a remnant California's Gold Rush, which locals claim is haunted by spirits from the past.